Today started out with a short visit to pick up milk from neighbors a bit further away (walkable distance, but we took the car). We got out late … the morning was freezing.
On the way back we stopped at our next-door neighbors where we were offered the horse and carriage to complete the hay-collection work. We gratefully accepted and I quickly gained my Romanian Hose & Carriage drivers license – it don’t get much more Romanian then that 🙂 It’s one of those things I would not have believed I would be doing (sitting high up on a horse carriage loaded with hay … really funny stuff 🙂 At first Andreea didn’t want to ride the carriage (lets just say it’s not nearly as smooth a ride as the Kia), but eventually she rode out with me and eventually even took the reigns from my hands and drove us out 🙂
This time it was Andreea and me doing all the work. We had quite a few more cart loads left (5 or 6?) and a new challenge appeared when the hay pile grew to tall to just throw the hay up. So one of us had to climb up onto the pile and move around the hay that was tossed up by the other. We ended up with quite a large pile … we are very happy with it.
We have some great images from today, I really should connect the camera but I really don’t feel like it. The pictures will come eventually 🙂
At the end of the day I wanted to do another round of finishing … and I was just about to start when I found that the previous layer had not yet dried … apparently the cold temperatures slow down the lacquer drying … so I continued to work on what is becoming the center-piece of the shower stall … I did quite a bit of sanding by hand and then some power-sanding and then more hand-work … and then it became too cold and dark to continue working. So I folded up and here I am inside … where its warm and dinner is cooking again … and I am looking forward to another day (hoping the lacquer will dry because I really really really want to move forward with the shower stall … maybe even begin the installation of the base tomorrow!?).
The rocket-stove plaster looks to be holding great and Andreea has finished decorating the windows (I think she still plans to paint the rocket stove too) … so assuming that nothing will (huge pile of hay?) distract us tomorrow … we will be moving back into a new, refreshed and cozy warm bedroom 🙂